Cabinet for roll wrapping-paper



(No Model.)

J. EARL.

CABINET FDR' ROLL WRAPPING PAPER.

NO. 392,502. Patented NOV. 6, 1888;

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NITED STATES JOHN H. EARL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CABINET FOR ROLL. WRAPPING PAPER.

SPECIPICA'I'IONforming part of Letters Patent No. 392,502, dated November 6, 1888.

' Application filed June 5, 1888. Serial No. 276,080. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

eago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Cabinet for Roll \Vrapping-Paper, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, that will enable others to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and convenient cabinet or case for holding and cutting roll wrapping-paper, as will be hereinafter set forth. I

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cabinet embodying my improved features, and Fig. 2 a vertical transverse section of the same.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a cabinet receptacle or case divided into three separate compartments, a a a The front 13 of the case is inclined, recedes toward the top, and is provided with the drop-doors a a a, which afford convenient access to the different compartments. These doors are hinged at a, each end, and near their top edge to the respective ends B B' of the ease, thus adapting the same to be raised upward, as shown in Fig. 1. and indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. To the lower beveled edge of each of the dropdoors is rigidly secured the inclined cuttingblade I), provided with the serrated cuttingedge I), as shown in Fig. 1. The different shelves 0" I) b for holding the rolls of paper are set on a slight incline, so that the roll of paper (P will always naturally rest against the perpendicular back D of the case, as shown in Fig. 2. By this arrangement the use of an axial shaft for the roll to rotate on may be dispensed with ordinarily, except for very heavy rolls.

dd are cleats attached to the inner sides of the ends B B of the case. The upper edges of these cleats are on an incline with the lowest part next to the back of the case, as shown in Fig. 1, and are for the purpose of supporting and affording a rolling bearing for the ends of the axial-shaft d when the roll of paper is so heavy that it is necessary to hold the same up and out of frictional contact with the inclined shelves.

The width of the case will he usually of such dimensions as to permit of a number of rolls of different lengths being placed. end to end in the same compartment. It will also permit of rolls of differently colored paper, both plain and fancy, being arranged in the same cabinet, thus greatly adding to the convenience of the device.

The web of paper (2 is drawn out under the cutting-edge of the inclined cutter and severed by drawing the same upward, as shown in Fig. 2.

The cutting-blade is provided with one or more apertures, d, for the purpose of conveniently grasping the paper while drawing the same out of the case, the thumb being inserted in the aperture while the fingers are brought in contact with the paper on the under side.

F represents a twine-box conveniently secured to the top F of the cabinet, as shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letter Patent, 1s

1. A cabinet receptacle for holding roll wrapping-paper, consisting of the inclined front, the perpendicular back, the inclosing ends and top, the inclined shelves dividing the interior into compartments, and the hinged drop-doors in the front side of the receptacle, substantially as set forth.

2. In a cabinet-receptacle, the combination, with a roll or rolls of wrappingpaper, of the inclined shelves adapted to loosely support said rolls in the required position, the dropdoors hinged in the front side of the receptacle, and the inclined cutting-blades attached to the lower edge of each of said doors, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a cabinet-receptacle for roll wrapping paper, the combination, with the inclosing ends of said receptacle, of a number of cleats secured to the inner sides of said ends and having inclined bearing-surfaces along the upper edge, the axial shaft on which the roll of paper is mounted, the respective ends of said shaft resting loosely on said inclined bearings, whereby the roll of paper rests normally against the back of the receptacle, and the dropdoors hinged to the front of the same, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN H. EARL.

lVitnesses:

L. M. FREEMAN, L. B. JOUPLAND. 

